John Lott was interviewed on the Michigan Talk Network to discussion Texas' new Open Carry and Campus Carry Laws. While Lott doesn't think that Open Carry will make a major improvement in safety, he was much more optimistic about the impact of the new campus carry law...
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Al Jazeera using CPRC data to point out Heather MacDonald’s false claim about increasing murder rates in 2015
Al Jazeera using Crime Prevention Research Center's work to point out Heather MacDonald’s false claim about increasing murder rates during the beginning of 2015 (June 3, 2015)
CPRC at Fox News: Texas about to role back 145-year ban on Open Carrying Guns
From Fox News: Some 850,000 Texans already have permits to carry cooncealed weapons, according to said John Lott, president of the pro-Second Amerndment Crime Prevention Research Center, and a Fox News contributor. Since licensed gun owners commit firearms violations...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “Chancellor Fires Blanks At Texas College Campus Carry Law”
UPDATE: Governor Abbott explains why he will sign the Campus Carry bill that passed the state legislature. These remarks were made on the Mark Davis Show on KSKY-AM. Original Post: John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily is part of a debate on this...
Greg Gutfeld & Eric Boiling Use CPRC Research to Discuss the “Media’s uninformed backlash against Vince Vaughn”
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Here is also a transcript of Gutfeld's remarks. One will note that Greg Gutfeld's points parallel the evidence that we had put together on Vince Vaughn's comments. John Lott also has a new op-ed at Fox News on the Vince...
Georgia County Sheriff: “in my opinion [concealed handgun permit holder] saved other lives in that store”
Conyers, Georgia, Sunday, May 31, 2015, The Rockdale Citizen Often it is claimed that citizens who stop mass public shootings don't get news coverage because they stop anyone from being killed. But in this case two people were killed before the permit holder was able...
CPRC on Canadia’s The Rebel to discuss Hamilton Mayor trying to ban guns
CPRC puts in Amicus brief in 9th Circuit case fighting to end California’s 10-day waiting period for those who already own guns
In response to claims made before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the CPRC has pointed to that there is no evidence showing that background checks or waiting periods reduce any type of violent crime or total suicides. The case before the court is more specific than...
Texas joins 12 other states that allow permitted concealed handguns on college campuses, copy of final bill available here
By a 98-47 vote the Texas House and a 20-11 vote in the Senate, the Texas legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill that allows concealed handgun permit holders to carry guns on college campuses. Nine states allow permitted concealed handguns on college campuses:...
Heather MacDonald’s false claim about “Gun violence in particular is spiraling upward in cities across America”
Heather Mac Donald's piece in this weekend's WSJ tries to scare American's nationwide with the claim: "Gun violence in particular is spiraling upward in cities across America." Her piece starts this way: The nation’s two-decades-long crime decline may be over. Gun...
Notes on the James Holmes Batman Movie Theater Shooting case: Maximize killing and Deterrence matters for these mass killers
This past week we finally got a look at the diary of the Batman movie theater killer, James Holmes, and it was clear that he was considering both attacking an airport and a movie theater. But he turned down the airport option because he was concerned about their...
CPRC at Fox News: Baltimore’s soaring murder rate shows that police matter
In an article on the soaring murder rate in Baltimore, Fox News quoted John Lott as saying: “In case people ever needed a reminder, the increase in Baltimore’s murder rate shows how important police are," John Lott, president of Crime Prevention Research Centerand a...